Stories

Sheldon Shalley’s creative style of painting emerges from one of several methods: pulling images from his dreams, images he meets in meditation sessions, images he sees during Shamanic journeying and images inspired by models and photographs. Why these methods? Sheldon is a psychotherapist, and uses...

The City of Noblesville and Nickel Plate Arts are partnering to present a peony-themed exhibit in City Hall in May and June 2023. The program will showcase peony-related artwork by local artists in the Hamilton County region in conjunction with the Indiana Peony Festival, scheduled...

Talent Galore is coming to our Downtown in the form of Main Street's "Noblesville's Got Talent" on April 7th from 5 to 9pm. Noblesville’s Got Talent is going to be a fun evening of entertainment, shopping, and dining on our Noblesville Square! Everyone with...

Jerry Mannell’s art is open to interpretation by the viewer—and that’s just the way he likes it. In Jerry’s work, a lot of things about composition, color, and line are tangential to each other. They relate, but not in a direct way and the overall the...

Bobbi Samples is no stranger to Nickel Plate Arts, from being a longtime member of the board and a gala committee chair to an annual Showcase artist, her talents and support are seen and felt everywhere that Nickel Plate Arts has a presence. And for...

Caroline Hays is an artist whose work demonstrates the layers of history that go into a place. Through her work’s textural surface, she invites the viewer to step into the history of each place in her exhibit “Read Between the Layers.” After graduating from IU as...

Noblesville, IN - The Hamilton County Bicentennial Noblesville Township Representative, in partnership with Nickel Plate Arts, will host as the township’s signature event a Fabric Arts Show in August of 2023.  Each township in Hamilton County will be highlighted during a different month of 2023, and...

During the month of March 2023 the City of Fishers Advisory Committee on Disability, Fishers Arts Council (FAC), and Conner Prairie are looking to invite small performing arts groups that feature individuals with developmental or intellectual disabilities to show off their talent at Conner Prairie...

Bob Hall is going to be our celebrity judge and Featured Artist at Comic Book in a Day (sponsored by Browning Day), 2023 on January 21st from 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. at the Hamilton East Public Library in Fishers. Local reporter Larry Lannan interviewed...